Archive - Work in Progress

[Preston]

Doubt they cut that 57 back window up for a convertible... I know I read the back was the rusted back of #55
this car is just a collection of parts put together and is now becoming a nice convertible (though I still personally
feel they'd have done better finishing it off as a original sedan) What I find intersting in all this is finding out that people bought and collected parts... I've asked about this in the past with no replies... a trailer full that falls over? How many parts where in there! Cammack has/had a extra frame.... heard he even had enough parts to make a car... Is that true?... are there enough parts floating out there to make another?

[Randy Earle]

Even back in 1950, even a complete idiot would have known the significance of that 1949 body. I really have doubts that anyone would have taken torch or hacksaw in hand and cut that roof off. It's probably sitting out in the woods someplace or got scrapped by mistake.

[TUCKER]

Wished they could help out with some extra parts for my project. I know there are many parts out there but people will just like to see them rust away than help out with them before they are gone down to dust. If I had what they had I would have made it into a 4 door car. Just like the rest of the Tucker car family but they wanted to make something that will bring more money for their pockets. Well I am still working on my project and it is going to be like the other Tuckers.

[TUCKER]

Here is the back of the new 2009 Tucker!

[Tommy]

Ok John…maybe its not that I don’t understand your point but rather that I disagree with the relevance of the blue rocker panel. Anyone could have finished and painted it in the 20 plus years between the 2 pictures. It doesn’t prove anything either way about whether or not it’s the same car. I am not sure why you wrote that “they are one and the same”. It is obvious that most of the parts are not the same. What is unclear is what parts could be the same.

Body #57 was unpainted and unfinished and had a roof in 1950. The Tucker car company was in receivership at this time and did not send body #57 to be made into a convertible after 1950. Any story that the convertible is a factory concept and that it’s Body #57 is therefore bunk. If a car sat at the engineering firm for 20 years after Tucker commissioned it, it was not Body #57. I really don’t think there were 2 Body #57s.

The convertible does sit on a Tucker frame. The question is what frame? Could it be the frame that was under Body #57? Sure it could. Could it be the frame from #1027? Sure it could be that too unless someone else comes forward with that frame (that frame should be stamped and identifiable). Could the firewall or cowl be the one from Body #57? Sure it could. All these parts and frames were owned by the same people at one time or another.

I agree it would be much cooler to see the big back window car being built with the modified fenders if for no other reason than just because it was the intent of the Tucker Company to do so. With so many body parts on the convertible stamped “57” my fear is that ship has sailed. I hope I am wrong about that. I guess we should be thankful the parts were bought by Mr. Schliph and not a scrap metal dealer at the auction. After all it was not exactly common knowledge that Tucker parts would have any value after the company went bankrupt.

[Tommy]

Those are some really interesting new pictures just posted. TUCKER is that your back end in the last post? Did you make that?

[TUCKER]

That is the back end that was used on the 1057 convertible.

[Tommy]

Wow, where did that picture come from? That's not on their website is it? I did'nt see it there anyway. Was that the back of body #55? Can you tell if they are using a Tucker suspension? It looks to me like a regular spring set up but the pictures don't show it much.

[TUCKER]

I have some more photos from when it was being built but they are black and white photocopies. It is interesting on how they put 1057 together from just parts as they found them.

[Tommy]

Well a least we can see it was not the big back window body. Maybe that is still out there somewhere. I also think it is very interesting how they have been putting that together. They look like they are doing a good job too for what they are trying to accomplish.

How is your project coming TUCKER? I think you are doing an amazing job too with what I have seen so far. You should post more pics.

[TUCKER]

Yes I will post more photos later since I am making the back of the car again since it did not look right and making another better hood for it since I made the last one a little to wide. I found more sheet metal of other cars that will work just fine to make it all look great. My new photos that I will post later will be really something to look at. What is on the site at this time is very old photos from many months ago. Hope to have the new photos soon.

[TuckerCar]

RE: Lencki

The club purchased a private collection from a club member in Libertyville, IL several years ago. The club member spent some time with Lencki in the 1970's and had documented his visits to the shop and their discussions. There were several parts in the shop that Lencki had apparently purchased at the Tucker auction, but no mention whatsoever of any convertible project.

[john]

Tommy,
It was this point, a painted rocker panel of a car that sat "untouched of any work" for over 20 years.
Doubt surrounded us as the two pictures do not substantiate this claim.
This was one of about 20 points that led us away from not fullfilling our contract to purchase the car.
Soooooo, we have no dog in this fight, Disneyland, Tucker your right!!

Yes, many others expressed thoughts brought forth, panels not stamped the same, spot welds not aligning between pictures etcetera.

We FIgured, that if the "whole story" wasn't told in its chronological order, THIS would happen. Do believe that the majority understand this significant point.

By the way,
did two #57's possibly excist as others have writen,
is the big back window car still with us, we calculate it was gone long ago,
did some Tucker bodies & frames get bulldozed and burried,
does the Blue rocker bring doubt to logically thinking historians,
Four out of 20 plus points.

Gather all the pieces on the site here, read the books, research all involved with the Tucker Corp & the auction sale,trace down factory minutes from Corp meetings, lay them out in chronological order, someone will then figure out the ENTIRE story!!!!!!!

Tucker Car, your last post is part of the necasary research!!
Tucker, your one post also contains another part of the necasary research !!

John

[TUCKER]

As of all the points it all point to one direction which is that the convertible was never any Corp. project. Lencki just fell in love of his work with Tucker and wanted to take part of it home with him. Maybe he got out of bed too late and all he was able to buy was parts to complete another Tucker. He wanted to feel like at home (Tucker Corporation) after the plant was closed down. But who started building the convertible? Was it him or the owner after him?

[TUCKER]

Maybe nobody ever knew about it since it was part of a ride at a theme park. "the Tucker Roller Coaster Ride" That mystery tucker is all that was left from the ride since too many children got on it and the ride broke down. Too bad we all never got a chance to ride it.